работа

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic работа (rabota), from Proto-Slavic *orbota.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrabotɐ]

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ра́бота • (rábota) f (relational adjective рабо́тен)

1. work
2. job

• “работа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “работа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrabɔta]

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работа • (rabota) f (plural работи, relational adjective работен)

1. work, labor
2. job, duty, task
3. thing, stuff

• Koneski, Kiril (1999) “работа”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 380
• “работа” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota.

работа • (rabota) f

1. servitude
2. slavery
   • from Slavonic Josephus, kniga 4, 429а:

     поминающе исхода и свобожденїе ѿ египетьскꙑѧ работꙑ.

     pominajušte isxoda i svoboždenije otŭ egipetĭskyję raboty.

     [...] remember the Exodus and the liberation from Egyptian slavery.

Inherited from Old East Slavic робота (robota), from Proto-Slavic *orbòta. By surface analysis, роби́ть (robítʹ) +‎ -о́та (-óta). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic работа (rabota), whence spelling. Doublet of ро́бот (róbot).

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈbotə]

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рабо́та • (rabóta) f inan (genitive рабо́ты, nominative plural рабо́ты, genitive plural рабо́т, relational adjective рабо́чий, diminutive рабо́тка)

1. work

   Рабо́та кипи́т. ― Rabóta kipít. ― Work is in full swing.

   • 1886, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Иван Матвеич; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Ivan Matveyitch, 1920:

     — Сади́тесь, сади́тесь, — подгоня́ет учёный, нетерпели́во потира́я ру́ки. — Несно́сный вы челове́к… Зна́ете, что рабо́та сро́чная, и так опа́здываете. Понево́ле брани́ться ста́нешь. Ну, пиши́те… На чём мы останови́лись?

     — Sadítesʹ, sadítesʹ, — podgonjájet učónyj, neterpelívo potirája rúki. — Nesnósnyj vy čelovék… Znájete, što rabóta sróčnaja, i tak opázdyvajete. Ponevóle branítʹsja stánešʹ. Nu, pišíte… Na čom my ostanovílisʹ?

     "Sit down, sit down," the man of learning urges him on, rubbing his hands impatiently. "You are an unsufferable person. . . . You know the work has to be finished by a certain time, and then you are so late. One is forced to scold you. Come, write, . . . Where did we stop?"

2. labor, toil
3. assignment, task

   кропотли́вая рабо́та ― kropotlívaja rabóta ― laborious task

4. job, occupation

• труд m (trud)

• работёнка f (rabotjónka)
• непы́льная рабо́та f (nepýlʹnaja rabóta)

• рабо́тать (rabótatʹ)
• рабо́тник (rabótnik), рабо́тница (rabótnica)

• → Akkala Sami: роббот (robbot)
• → Eastern Khanty: рӑпөта (răpøta)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota (“hard work, slavery”). By surface analysis, rábiti +‎ -ota. Cognate with German Arbeit, Dutch arbeid, and Middle English arveth (“difficult; hard”).

• IPA^(key): /rǎbota/
• Hyphenation: ра‧бо‧та

ра̀бота f (Latin spelling ràbota)

1. (usually derogatory) work, labor, deed, doing
2. (informal) any arduous work; drudgery, slog
3. (informal) an unskilled menial job

• “работа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025